[6] The mountain is located on the ridge dividing Val Susa (South) from Val di Viù, and stands on the border between the comunes of Viù and Lemie (both in the Metropolitan City of Turin).

Toward SE a mountain pass named Colle della Forcola (2,480 m) divides Punta Lunella from Rocca Maritano, while the main ridge goes West heading to the Rocciamelone.

In the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) subdivision of Alps the mountain, along with Monte Arpone, gives its name to the Alpine subgroup Cresta Lunella-Arpone (code = I/B-7.I-A.2.b).

[7] The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from the Prarotto chapel,[8] a small isolated church in the comune of Condove (Susa Valley).

A second route, slightly harder and which needs some scrambling, starts from Pian Benot, a small sky resort in the Viù Valley.